Armory parties can continue in Albany

The Washington Avenue Armory has reached a deal with the city to keep hosting live music, including large dance parties. …

The agreement with the city requires all concerts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights to end by 1 a.m. Other days of the week, the shows must stop by midnight. Doors will open at 7 p.m. The Armory must also go before the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals to get an interpretation for what the zoning at the corner of Lark Street and Washington Avenue allows. …

The city is also limiting the number of people who can be on the floor of the armory to 2,100 attendees. The first 2,100 people to buy tickets will be given a wristband that give them access to the floor, Corts said. Other patrons will then have to sit on bleachers. The arena’s total capacity for concerts is 4,480.

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More Albany silliness. Albany ought to change it’s logo to a big FUN sign in a circle with a slash through it.

Lark Street is part of the local downtown scene. That means that live events, bars, dance clubs, niche stores, food outlets, and the like should be welcomed. You would think that any residents nearby understood that when they moved there.

Albany has become a geriatric town, filled with bitter old men and women who can’t seem to say anything other than “Get off my lawn!”

Hey Willie, every time I go on this blog you have some sort of odd question or comment or are spewing liberal nonsense. “Joe, what does the Armory have to do with Lark Street?” I will answer that question for Joe: according to the article, police, city officials, neighborhood leaders and residents…A LOT! I mean its on the corner of Washington and Lark for goodness sake, not to mention its a gigantic building that can accomadate 1000’s of people. You think that might have some effect on Lark Street? Either good or bad? For someone who claims to be so educated you act like you have a 3rd grade education. I’m not even trying to be insulting, it’s just how obnoxious can you get??

Please spare us the next several of your questions. Please!!

I agree with both Joe and Markie. It’s been amateur hour for city officials for too long. Too many egos in this city, not to mention the blatant corruption that exists in city hall. I’m surprised the mayor doesn’t have the Armory leveled so he can give BBL another contract to have it rebuilt.

One other thing I forgot, Mark-E: your phrase “liberal nonsense” is an oxymoron. “Conservative nonsense” would be more meaningful. More of the good ole US of A obviously agrees with me on that one, too.

This is the dumbest thing ever, first we were never allowed to even touch the bleachers now they are going to open them up after the first 2,100 people are let in, to make people sit at a concert, are they nuts!!! I pay very good money for all the concerts I attend. I was just at the times union center for pretty lights luckily I was one of the first people in but people paid the same amount of money if not more to then sit in the stands, I would have been so mad! There is nothing else for high/college students to do around here. LET US HAVE FUN!

willie – none of your posts here make a valid point while managing to be laced with sarcasm. Not enough spelling errors to keep you satisfied? You should have quit after asking what the Armory had to do with Lark Street!

You should let this one go, williepitt, because you’re wrong. Events at the armory profoundly affect the Lark Street, Center Square and lower Central/Washington neighborhoods as thousands of people seek parking, stream through and stop for food and drink before and after concerts, raves, etc. You could not continue to argue as you do if you’d ever been in the area on a show night. Afterward, particularly, is a chaos of cars as parental vehicles line up to collect underage partygoers, and wandering, drunk young people stream onto Lark Street seeking more booze.

You also trapped yourself with your comparison: For most of its 99-year history, Jack’s Oyster House has thrived on business from people who work or do business at the state Capitol.

Returning to the suject at hand (which is in fact not our opinions of williepitt):

@1 had it right. Albany has itself twisted into knots for the simple reason that the Mayor and his administration exhibit no constancy of purpose. Unless you really want Albany to be a town without fun for those under 30, you need to address how to allow fun to be had.

Step one would be to have the cops do their damn jobs, on the street. Go to Saratoga–no milling on the streets their. Expand the police presence on Lark and elsewhere to the same effect.